 Born in November 1945 and reared in the Gaeltacht village of Tourmakeady, County Mayo, Mick (Michael) Lally was the eldest of a family of seven children; five sisters and one brother.He went to the local national school in Tourmakeady and then to St. Mary's College, Galway.After studying at University College Galway he taught history and Irish for six years in Archbishop McHale College, Tuam from 1969 to 1975, but quit teaching to pursue his career as a stage actor.